Gaaah... I can't wait to find out who the Air Force's AI is! Is it GOLD BUG, who is optimized for baudot code (ALL CAPS N ABREV8TNS), or Nick zer Hacker, who swears like a sailor (and spends all day playing flight sims)? Or has GOLD BUG hijacked Nick's body (yeah, like that'd ever happen!) leaving him to the tender mercies of military discipline? Anything could happen...

Rob (rrreed) says:
Does it matter? Just so long as it ENDS BADLY! BWAH-HA-HA-HA!

Misha Field (thelefthandofgod) says:
Ed, you mean Dr Calvin, the roboshrink? Dear Gods, that has potential... If it is her, I hope she's not brunette. I hated that about the movie, wasn't she s'posed to be a blonde in the books?

Just thinking ... In this comic, "killer blouse" could be taken literally. I mean, just imagine intelligent silkworms, producing intelligent silk ... and the childhood trauma of being woven, cut and stitched would give the poor garment some psychological scars.

And when the blouse goes on a rampage, the regular police would be helpless ... so Skin Horse would be called in to make the collar.

Man, I'm with Vlad. Something way simpler and elegant. Maybe a good skirt and cream blouse combo, maybe with jacket. I could work that.

...why is my wife staring at me?

Gleefully?

Misha Field (thelefthandofgod) says:
Tip is now officially the only male I've ever been physically attracted to... Holy...! Ms. Garrity, we've known since the days of Dr Narbon that you are, indeed, a genius of the most awesome variety, but I have to say, you've outdone yourself. How do I get a date with Tip?

I'm just starting to feel sorry for the yet-unnamed lady scientist. I mean, the only person worse off than a crazy person is the person who remains disturbingly sane when constantly surrounded by craziness.

Or maybe its just the fact that intelligent, dark-haired, glasses-wearing women are one of my greatest weaknesses. ^_^'

All in all, though, Tip is pretty sane for a crazy person. And Sweetheart, well... its only her outer form that puts her into the 'crazy' category... If she we human, he'd me extrodinarily well-adjusted.

Man, that brings back memories. I was part pf a small group that got access to a remote part of 29 Palms Marine Base. Before being allowed to enter the "back country" We had to spend hours watching training videos. One on desert survival, than any of us in the group could have taught, and 3 more that all could have been called, "Don't Touch That". See that unexploded bomb, "Don't Touch That". See that rattely snake, "Don't Touch That". See that ancient relic, "Don't Touch That". But in the end, we got to see, (legally), an area that no one, not even the Marines, ever visits. Too bad we didn't find what we were looking for, but at least we were able to cross that area off the list.

Rob (rrreed) says:
"In this picture there are forty people. None of them can be seen. In this film we hope to show how not to be seen."

HM GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE FILM NO. 42 PARA 6. HOW NOT TO BE SEEN

"This is Mr. E. R. Bradshaw, of Napier Court, Black Lion Road, SE5. He cannot be seen. Now I'm going to ask him to stand up. Mr. Bradshaw, will you stand up please?"

In the middle distance a smiling holiday maker in braces, collarless shirt and hankie, stands up. There is a pause. Only the sound of the wind.
A loud gunshot rings out. Mr. Bradshaw crumples to the ground

@Dov: Compose your verse in Notepad, then cut and paste into the comment window.

Jeremy Berg (pisceneanteater) says:
Not only is the line "I'll get Unity" quite funny, but it's kind of ambiguous whether Tip is talking about the A.I. or Dr. Lee.

Rob (rrreed) says:
Just what has Unity been doing while Tip and Sweetheart have been visiting the good Doctor Lee? She does not seem to be the type to sit quietly in the car—even if bound with steel cable, gagged with a billiard ball, and stuffed in the trunk.

I'm now wondering if the vaporization of a hypersonic projectile from sheer air friction prior to reaching its target is becoming a concern. Though maybe one could turn that into an advantage via supercavitation. Hmm…

Rob Reed said: I'm now wondering if the vaporization of a hypersonic projectile from sheer air friction prior to reaching its target is becoming a concern. Though maybe one could turn that into an advantage via supercavitation.

Terry Pratchett uses this in the Diskworld books. Detritus the Troll carries a crossbow that used to be used as a siege weapon. Instead of a six-foot-long iron ram, it now fires a sheaf of arrows which ignite from air friction when they're fired, hitting the target with an expanding supersonic fireball.